Maryland Family Law Maryland family law opinions and commentary

Divorce — Settlement agreement — Mediation clause In 2013, Natasha M. Byus, appellant, and her ex-husband Paul G. Byus, appellee, executed a Property Settlement Agreement that was incorporated, but not merged, into a Judgment of Absolute Divorce issued by the ...

Divorce — Marital property — 401(k) A bullish stock market is the genesis for this appeal, which involves interpretation of a Marital Settlement Agreement (“Settlement Agreement”) between Jimmie B. Allred (“Husband”), appellant and Passaporn P. Allred (“Wife”), appellee. The dispute ...

Divorce — Constituted pension order — Attorney’s fees Troy Hintermeister appeals from a decision by the Circuit Court of Caroline County denying his request for attorney’s fees against his ex-wife, Dianna Hintermeister, the appellee in this case. The sole issue ...

Alimony — Income disparity — Unconscionable disparity Appellant, David Matcha (Husband), divorced Susan Bersoff-Matcha (Wife), Appellee, but appeals from an order of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County which denied his request for alimony as well as his request to ...

Divorce — Qualified Domestic Relations Order — 401(k) In 2016, Jay Salkini (“Husband”), appellant, and Iman Salkini (“Wife”), appellee, were divorced by order of the Circuit Court for Howard County. This appeal is limited to the question of whether the ...

Alimony — Rehabilitative alimony — Self sufficiency Michael Roark (“Michael”) appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County that awarded his former wife, Nicole Lee-Lassiter Roark (“Nicole”), rehabilitative alimony of $3,000 per month for a period of ...

Divorce — Indefinite alimony – Unconscionable disparity Appellant, Dr. Edward J. Norris (“Dr. Norris”), appealed the decision of the Circuit Court of Baltimore County finding in favor of Appellee, Kathleen A. Kennedy (“Dr. Kennedy”). Dr. Norris alleges that the trial ...

Divorce — Alimony — Rehabilitative alimony Matthew and Jennifer Brunk were married in 1988 and granted an absolute divorce in 2015. By 2016, they were still disagreeing about the division of their financial assets and the circuit court tried to ...

Divorce — Alimony — Motion to modify When their marriage of 35 years ended in 1998, Appellant Demetrius Govotsos and Appellee Judith Govotsos entered an agreement as to alimony, which the Circuit Court for Frederick County then incorporated into its ...

Divorce — Qualified Domestic Relations Order — Circuit court jurisdiction Appellant, Paul James, and appellee, Teresa James, 1 were granted a Judgment of Absolute Divorce (Judgment) on October 17, 2017, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The Judgment awarded ...